Washington panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 14:20 Margashirsha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 16:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:55
- 08:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
16:48 to 07:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:15 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 15:02
- Karana Kaulava until 17:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:55
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:27 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:15 – 07:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:15 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:45 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 16:48 | Good |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:24 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 07:00 next day Scorpio
- 07:00 – 07:24 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EST (UTC-5) · Method